Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-37
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, April 5, 1991 · 14:22 UTC
Mission
/01STS-37 was the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with the primary obective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The mission featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Space Shuttle
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28.627° N, 80.621° W
17
Pad Launches
56
Location Launches
30
Agency Launches
27
Orbital This Year